tapan_jk

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Unix Time and a Modest Proposal(johndcook.com)
50 points by tapan_jk 2y ago|39 comments
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My process for learning and contributing to complex projects(twitter.com)
4 points by tapan_jk 5y ago|0 comments
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
> I've seen dozens of flat earth videos. Using Occam's razor, I posit that these videos exist because there are too many people watching them; not because there are too many flat earthers out there. I am yet to meet one in pers
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
<clears throat> umm, Go?
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Thank you for responding. I am now better informed due to your explanation. I looked up the author based on your comment and now see the issue in better light. I am sure many others will understand why the parent of my earlier comment was d
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Lots of downvotes but no counter argument? Please HN, let us do the right thing by disagreeing by argument rather than downvoting someone into oblivion. The only reason I value HN is that it (generally) is open to debate without taking hard
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Thanks, now it makes sense.
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Thanks for sharing. As a non-native English speaker, I did not understand this part. What does it mean? "If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—"
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Also, overuse of analogies. Maybe it's just me but I am more convinced by a narrative that avoids or sparingly uses analogies.
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Agree. Now viable alternatives exist. The nextgen cloud providers will learn from the weaknesses of incumbents and innovate.
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
I am in India and my message is in English and Japanese. Never seen a Japanese message on aws before.
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
A comment about one aspect of big tech, i.e IT infrastructure (think AWS, GCP, Azure, and now Cloudflare etc.): I don't see this mentioned enough but it wouldn't be surprising if some companies will want to start owning and runnin
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
I used to prefer Uber/Ola over the humble auto rickshaw [1] mainly because of two reasons: cars are safer; and an air-conditioned car helps avoid pollution from traffic (which is quite high in Bangalore). Now I prefer auto rickshaws (a
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
I love mechanical keyboards (mkb) but am not obsessed about them. Given a choice, I prefer an mkb over other keyboards. A keyboard to my mind is a means to an end, but not an end in itself. I do not understand people who hoard mkb's
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Cannot agree more. Just like many other acts which are punished today, but should be rather dealt with by showing support, self harm should definitely be taken off the list of acts that are treated like a crime. I can only guess, but it fee
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
> Our civilization will make the transition. It will be messy and could have been much less painful but we will do it. I wish to see this kind of positivity around me more often. I have worked with a colleague or two in the past who view
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
> Basically, GitHub. This. Which basically means: no time to setup, no operations overhead, no administration required. This means, no dedicated team member needed who is the "admin" for version control, no dedicated infra req
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
An ex colleague uses GitHub Enterprise at work, and he reports running into some issues that are never seen on GitHub proper. Most notably, network view of repos and GitHub pages experience extended downtime. Wonder how GitHub manages the u
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Off topic but [maybe] relevant... > Somewhere in the middle of nowhere. A part of me too desires this. For a software engineer, what you need most is good network connectivity, which is now possible in many places. The other part of me i
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
> Most of my time is spent on talking to other human beings, replying emails (30%~40% of my time), and thinking (!!!), which is not considered as “real work” by engineers :) Oh, burn! /s
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
> I dread losing it if Management decides to pull us all back into the office when the pandemic is over. One thing this pandemic will be remembered for is how it permanently changed the way desk jobs are done. If "Management" d
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
> Instead LinkedIn will launch a new service named InJobs that will advertise and process job applications. InJobs will not have a social feed, people will not be able to write posts or share articles. This actually sounds like an improv
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Whether you like the people behind this mission or not; I have to watch in awe that a space mission is such a non-event. For the geek in me, there is nothing to not love this.
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Watch Captain Kirk Go into Space Live New Shepard Mission – Blue Origin(youtube.com)
4 points by tapan_jk 5y ago|1 comments
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
I did not know William Shatner is 90. Kudos old man.
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
Crossed 50, not retired, nor planning to any soon. The good thing about this industry (tech, if that is not obvious) is that it [still] pays well, and there are no set rules about what happens when you are x years old. Don't let the oc
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
I always thought that the warning lets one walk away before they get triggered. Of course, this would not be possible in every situation, but if I am watching news and see a warning for e.g., I can stop watching. Edit: there are many other
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
This is one of those things that you are hopeful it exists, but you also pray that people won't need.
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
> Not everyone needs to start a company to be happy. And not every company needs to take over the world. Yep.
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by tapan_jk 5y ago
And this: > There are always barriers. Recognizing those barriers— and viewing them as legitimate — is often the first step to breaking "lazy" behavior patterns. One thing that the article encouraged me to do is view the situat

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